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The Mid-Norfolk Railway
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'Class 37 Gala 2010'
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The Mid-Norfolk Railway held this 3 day Diesel Gala from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September 2010 to mark 50 years of the Class 37. I went on what was a very wet Friday.
Class 37 275
Class 37 275 in BR blue
Class 37 275 in BR blue is in a very wet Dereham station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Diesel gala on the 24th of September 2010 .
The Mid-Norfolk Railway held a 3 day Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September 2010 to mark 50 years of the Class 37. I went on what was a very wet Friday. They had 12 class 37s for this event not all of which ran on the Friday.
The Class 37 or English Electric Type 3 as it was known when new was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. Some are now over 50 years old being built between 1960 and 1965.
Network Rail Class 37 97301
Network Rail Class 37 no.97301
This Network Rail Class 37, is now numbered 97301, and painted in the Network Rail yellow. It was in Dereham station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Diesel gala on what was a very wet, Friday the 24th of September 2010.
This class 37 was 37100 but is now class 97/3 97301 having been refurbised at Barrow Hill by the Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC) with reconditioned engines and wiring and the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) signalling system for the Cambrian line in Wales. It can now pilot trains not fitted with ERTMS, as the signals and speed signs have been removed and replaced with in cab computter displays.
Class 37 D6729
D6729 into the Mid Norfolk Railways Dereham station
This Class 37, D6729 was coming into Dereham railway station during the 'Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Golden Jubilee Gala Diesel Gala' on what was a very wet Friday the 24th of September 2010. This class 37 was from the Epping and Ongar Railway.
The Class 37 or as it was known as when new 'the English Electric Type 3' and was part of the British Railways Modernision Plan. They were built for British Railways by the English Electric Co. Ltd, at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows between 1960 and 1965.
D6729 at Derham station between its trains.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway held this 3 day Diesel Gala from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th of September to mark 50 years of the Class 37. I went on what was a very wet Friday.
Class 37, D6729 was in Dereham station during the Mid-Norfolk's Class 37 Diesel gala on what was a very wet, Friday the 24th of September 2010. This class 37 was from the Epping and Ongar Railway
The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust
It was only around 1995 that The Mid-Norfolk Railway Preservation Trust started to restore this line between Dereham and Wymondham. It now has 17.5 miles of track (11.5 miles is in use) which when its is all in use, will be one of longer preserved railways in the UK. A lot of the other preserved railways had already had a twenty year start when they started.
Trains run now between Dereham and Wymondham. The next section from Dereham to County School is next. There is a even longer term aim to reach as far as Fakenham. The way they are going, they may well get there.
The Mid-Norfolk Railway has a ever growing collection of heritage diesels, carriages and wagons which just gets bigger each year. When you go back you can see what has been done since last time you came.
Some of other the preserved railways have had things that have been ongoing for years, not The Mid-Norfolk Railway it just gets them done.
Class 37 Gala Pages
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